Tuesday, July 10, 2018 (S56E70): The Man in the Cabin

Peter talks Nina into untying the ropes.  Franco and Finn set out to find the man in the cabin; when they get to the cabin, Leisel is there… she tells them this is her “sanctuary” where she comes to be alone.  Franco pretends he believes her and starts to leave; Finn kicks the door in.  They are all surprised to see that the bed is empty… but the ropes are still there.  Leisel tells them, “it’s not what you think.”  She tells them that she has been having “sex, of the adventurous kind… with a willing partner.”  Finn says, “this isn’t over” and leaves; Franco rolls his eyes at Leisel.  Nina shows up later, and tells Leisel that Peter is “in the root cellar.”  Leisel makes Nina help her move him back to the bed; Franco texts Leisel, saying that Finn is going to alert the authorities.  Leisel says they have to “rid” themselves “of this prisoner” and grabs a pillow; Nina grabs the pillow, telling her aunt she can’t kill him.  Nina says she knows where they can move him, but she isn’t going to let Leisel kill him.  Finn calls Anna to tell her he has something important to tell her about her son.

Jason tells Sonny he wishes they could do something that doesn’t involve Michael marrying Nelle; Michael comes home and tells his dad and Jason that he and Nelle are getting married tomorrow.  Chase tells Nelle that she knows “this marriage to Michael isn’t going to work.”  He asks her what will happen if he gives in to his family’s pressure and divorces her, leaving her penniless; her face turns angry.  Jason says he doesn’t like the idea of Michael marrying Nelle; Sonny tells Michael it is his decision.  Michael tells Jason he is doing this to protect his child; he says it’s his risk and he tells Jason not to take that away from him.  Chase tries to tell Nelle that he is mad at himself for “not taking care of” her when he had the chance.  He tells Nelle, he believed in her innocence and he didn’t work hard enough to prove it; he tells Nelle he still loves her and thinks he always will.   He says rushing into a marriage just because of a baby is the worst thing she can do; Michael comes back to the table and tells Chase to get away from Nelle.

Kevin goes to see Carly; he brings playing cards.  He says they should explore where she’s at right now; she knows he means, her “grief over Morgan.”  She tells him that she knew something was off, but she didn’t want him to think that she didn’t trust him, so she didn’t say anything; she thinks it’s her fault that Morgan is dead.  Kevin tells her she has to focus on moving forward now; Sonny shows up to visit.  She asks what he has to tell her; can’t be worse than Nelle marrying Michael… Sonny says it’s happening tomorrow.  Carly says she hopes Michael knows what he is doing.

Curtis tells Sam that he has tracked down information about a missing laundry cart that no one saw leaving the hotel; she says it is possible that Peter could have been in that cart.  Sam says she went back to re-examine the security footage and focused on who was pushing that cart.  She notices that the shoes are women’s shoes because they have a heel.  Jason tells Sam what is going on with Michael; he says he can’t stand by and watch it happen.  She reminds him that he is the one who told her, sometimes they have to do things they don’t want to do.